Christopher Columbus - CathNews New Zealand https://cathnews.co.nz Catholic News New Zealand Sun, 17 Jun 2018 23:37:35 +0000 en-NZ hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.7.1 https://cathnews.co.nz/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/cropped-cathnewsfavicon-32x32.jpg Christopher Columbus - CathNews New Zealand https://cathnews.co.nz 32 32 70145804 US returns stolen Christopher Columbus letter to Vatican https://cathnews.co.nz/2018/06/18/christopher-columbus-vatican/ Mon, 18 Jun 2018 07:51:47 +0000 https://cathnews.co.nz/?p=108307 A stolen letter from Christopher Columbus has been returned to the Vatican. The letter, worth US 1.2 million, was stolen and a forgery put in its place. "We do not know exactly when the substitution took place. We will probably never know who the forger was," Archbishop Jean-Louis Brugues says. Bruges is the Vatican's chief Read more

US returns stolen Christopher Columbus letter to Vatican... Read more]]> A stolen letter from Christopher Columbus has been returned to the Vatican.

The letter, worth US 1.2 million, was stolen and a forgery put in its place.

"We do not know exactly when the substitution took place. We will probably never know who the forger was," Archbishop Jean-Louis Brugues says.

Bruges is the Vatican's chief archivist and librarian. Read more

US returns stolen Christopher Columbus letter to Vatican]]> 108307 Columbus letter stolen from Vatican found in US https://cathnews.co.nz/2017/08/28/columbus-letter-vatican/ Mon, 28 Aug 2017 07:55:14 +0000 https://cathnews.co.nz/?p=98599 A letter written by Christopher Columbus and stolen from the Vatican library has been found in America. The letter was found in the collection of a man who did not know it was stolen. He has agreed to return the letter to the Vatican library. Read more

Columbus letter stolen from Vatican found in US... Read more]]> A letter written by Christopher Columbus and stolen from the Vatican library has been found in America.

The letter was found in the collection of a man who did not know it was stolen. He has agreed to return the letter to the Vatican library. Read more

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